First time trying this out of a sealed packet.
First, let me say, I’m not familiar with yuzu. I don’t think I’ve ever encountered it before. The interwebs describe it as a sour citrus fruit that is a cross between a grapefruit and a lime. And boy, is that exactly what I smell in the packet — very strongly, indeed.
After steeping all of that basically evaporates and I smell something that is disturbingly like the smell of clothing when it’s been left in the washer and gone sour. The tea is medium golden-yellow with that sencha haze that keeps it from being able to be described as clear.
Fortunately, the tea doesn’t taste like it smells. It does have a sour citrus tang that tastes like the lime/grapefruit combo description. The sour tends a little toward bitter, in the citrus zest embodiment of the term.
It’s the sort of thing I’ll have to try again, sit with, and mull over before I come to a conclusion about it. For now I’m putting it in the solid very good range because I don’t have a frame of reference for yuzu and I can’t determine whether my reaction is driven more by the unfamiliarity and newness of the flavor or the flavor itself.
Flavors: Grapefruit, Lime, Sour
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I don’t know if something like this would be stocked where you live in the bay, but there’s a yuzu soda at my corner store in the city. Worth a try if you want a baseline. http://www.kiminodrinks.com/en/home
Thanks! That could be very interesting.
I don’t know if something like this would be stocked where you live in the bay, but there’s a yuzu soda at my corner store in the city. Worth a try if you want a baseline. http://www.kiminodrinks.com/en/home
Thanks! That could be very interesting.